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Mothers who breast-feed their infant may help reduce the child’s risk of becoming obese, even mothers who have diabetes and are obese, according to the findings of a study published…

Stomach-stapling surgery to combat obesity may be done in the future with a tube inserted through the mouth, making the procedure safer than using an incision and opening…

The results of a new study suggest that the demographics of acute diverticulitis in the United States are changing. In acute diverticulitis, a common intestinal disease related to a low-fiber diet,…

The new head of Johnson & Johnson’s surgical-device unit is campaigning to convince employers to cover an increasingly popular but pricey surgery for obesity.

Nearly one third of the U.S.…

If new figures released by the British Government are to be believed, the British are now the fattest men and women in Europe.

It appears that being overweight or obese is…

Researchers in the U.S. say that obese men have lower levels of a protein used to screen for prostate cancer risk, and doctors should take weight into account…

To add further fuel to the debate over obesity, researchers in France are saying that being overweight in middle age may indicate a higher risk of dementia…

Appetite regulatory hormone responses to various dietary proteins differ by body mass index status despite similar reductions in ad libitum energy intake.

  According…

Overweight middle-aged adults tend to score more poorly on tests of memory, attention and learning ability than their thinner peers do, researchers reported Monday.

The findings, they say, suggest that…

Scientists from Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York have identified brain-stomach connections that motivate the desire to over indulge in food.

Specifically, the research suggests an important role for the hippocampus…

The duodenal switch procedure is more effective than the stomach bypass in achieving weight loss in patients who are “super obese,” defined as having a BMI of at least 50, new…

Scientists in Japan have identified a molecule responsible for making mammals feel full, a discovery that could lead to new ways to treat obesity in humans.

Scientists believe appetite is controlled…

The amount of time people spend sleeping may affect their weight, study results suggest.

The study looked at people living in rural areas. Previous studies conducted in urban and suburban…

For years doctors have used the body mass index (BMI), a ratio of height and weight, to characterize the clinical weight status of their patients, but…

University of Florida (UF) researchers have discovered a link between morbid obesity in toddlers and lower IQ scores, cognitive delays and brain lesions…

BMI is an important predictor of exercise capacity in obese people with ischemic heart disease.

In a recently published study, investigators in Italy conducted a study…

Findings from a new study suggest that obesity per se is not a risk factor for organ failure or death. However, the risk is increased with diabetes, which often…

Acute diverticulitis, a disease traditionally seen in patients older than 50 years old, is now being seen in younger adults who are obese, according to a study…

Over the past 20 years or so, Americans have developed quite the sweet tooth, with an annual consumption of sweeteners at about 100 pounds per person. During these same years, many…

Obese orthopedic patients have higher postoperative complication and failure rates.

According to a study from the United States, “With nearly a third of American adults considered be…

Bariatric surgery risks, benefits, and care of the morbidly obese are reviewed.

According to a recent review published in the journal Nursing Clinics of North…

BMI can be an intermediate variable linking symptoms of depression and hypertension.

“There is growing evidence that symptoms of depression influence the development of cardiovascular disease.…

A new Wall Street Journal Online/Harris Interactive Health-Care Poll finds that a growing number of U.S. adults see childhood obesity…

Obesity may modify the link between the hepatic lipase gene C(-514)T polymorphism and coronary heart disease risk in diabetes.

“The -514 C to…

Body mass index (BMI) is linked to chromosome 10p in the U.K. population but GAD2 dos not appear to be involved.